Practice question
A private document is forty years old, found in natural custody, but bears unexplained suspicious alterations. May its age alone dispense with proof of authenticity under Section 21?
- Yes, age overrides every suspicious circumstance
- Yes, all old documents are conclusively genuine
- No old writing can ever be proved authentic
- The opponent must accept every altered figure
- No
Legal references
- 2019 Rules on Evidence, Rule 132 Section 21: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html
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